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The Devil's Dictionary: King
by Ambrose Bierce KINDNESSKING'S EVILKING -n. A male person commonly known in America as a "crowned head," although he never wears a crown and has usually no head to speak of. A king,…Ancient Persia: Kings
Cambyses, two kings of the Achaemenid dynasty of Persia (c. 600–500 B.C.)Cyrus the Great, king of Persia, founder of the greatness of the Achaemenids and of the Persian Empire (c. 559–529 B.C…The Tragedy of King Lear
ContentsDramatis PersonaeAct IScene IScene IIScene IIIScene IVScene VAct IIScene IScene IIScene IIIScene IVAct IIIScene IScene IIScene IIIScene IVScene VScene VIScene VIIAct IVScene IScene IIScene…The President as Military King
The President as Military Kingby "PHILADELPHIENSIS", who was influenced by Thomas Paine (in "Common Sense), wrote the following selection. It is taken from 3 essays which appearing February 6…The King of the Golden Mountain
The King of the Golden Mountain There was once a merchant who had only one child, a son, that was very young, and barely able to run alone. He had two richly laden ships then making a voyage…King Grisly-Beard
King Grisly-Beard A great king of a land far away in the East had a daughter who was very beautiful, but so proud, and haughty, and conceited, that none of the princes who came to ask her in…Sheherazade and King Shahryar
The central characters of "Thousand and One Nights" by David Johnson When Shahryar, a king in what is today Iran, or possibly India, discovered that his wife was unfaithful and had her…Before He Was King
Before Muhammad Ali, Cassius Clay achieved Olympic glory by Gerry Brown Cassius Clay as a light heavyweight (second to right), flanked by medallists Wilbert McClure and Edward Crook at the…Brewer's: Happy as a King
This idea of happiness is wealth, position, freedom, and luxurious living; but Richard II. says a king is “Woe's slave” (iii. 2). On the happiness of kings, see Shakespeare: Henry V., iv.…Brewer's: Bean-king
(The). Rey de Habas, the child appointed to play the part of king on twelfth-night. In France it was at one time customary to hide a bean in a large cake, and he to whom the bean fell,…Trending
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